Cesare

Frommer's Review

The area around the Vatican is not the place to go in search of great restaurants, but Cesare is a fine old-world spot known for its deft handling of fresh ingredients. You can select your fish from the refrigerated glass case at the entrance. We come here for the fresh and tender seafood salad, brimming with cuttlefish, shrimp, squid, mussels, and octopus, and dressed with olive oil, fresh parsley, and lemon. Our table was blessed with an order of spaghetti all'amatriciana in a spicy tomato sauce flavored with hot peppers and tiny bits of salt pork. The saltimbocca alla romana, that classic Roman dish, is masterful here -- butter-tender veal slices topped with prosciutto and fresh sage and sautéed in white wine. Another specialty is smoked swordfish. Order fresh sardines and fresh anchovies if you want to go truly Roman.

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